O_O

[jhameia]

So UC Santa Barbara has this Cost of Attendance calculator which the advisor linked me to and I checked it out.

Tuition: $12192
Student Services Fees: $746
Books and Supplies: $1414
Food: $2484
Telephone: $281
Transportation: $1214
Health Care Allowance: $2345
Personal Expenses: $1512
Rent: $13198
Utilities: $422
Non-Resident Tuition Fee: $14694
Additional Non-Resident Education Fee: $408
Total:$50910

Given how the US Dollar keeps falling, my family could probably handle it, but.... but... BUT. The Non-Resident Tuition is more than 100% the tuition.

I have NEVER seen this before. EVER. I mean, HOW?

OK FINE IT IS LIKE ONLY 5% MORE BUT STILL. I'm used to seeing int'l student fees match tuition fees, NOT EXCEED THEM.

I'll be on my bed weeping and wondering if it's worthwhile to apply anywhere now.

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[februaryfour]

Yeah, I had to wait an entire year before applying to University of Colorado because of this. I won't start until January 2012 because I arrived in the USA in November 2010. Even then, because I only got my driver's license in _LATE JANUARY 2011_, they classified me as non-resident. Thank god the residency coordinator took pity on me and used Doug to classify me as resident.

[fantasyecho.livejournal.com]

Oh, yikes!